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Politics Bipartisanship Josh Hawley Hate crime Bills Missouri Republican Senator Josh Hawley was the only member of the Senate to vote against a bill combatting hate crimes against Asian Americans. On Thursday, in an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote, the Senate voted 94 to 1 to approve the COVID Hate Crimes Act introduced by Senator Mazie Hirono and Representative Grace Meng. Five senators—Marsha Blackburn, Amy Klobuchar , Mike Lee, Rand Paul and Tina Smith—were absent for the vote. Klobuchar and Smith, Minnesota's two Democratic senators, were at Daunte Wright 's funeral on Thursday. A spokesperson from Klobuchar's office told Newsweek that the...
